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To: LindyBill who wrote (3663)	7/23/2003 1:59:59 PM
From: Rollcast...	Respond to of 793552

I hope State surprises me. I would provide US residency or facilitate some form of 3rd country exile but that sort of publicity would be too important to keep it quiet.

To: LindyBill who wrote (3663)	7/24/2003 9:30:55 AM
From: Rollcast...	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793552

New ID and new life in US for informer 24 July 2003 Surprise, soooprise! State didn't screw up... I guess the Pentagon or the WH must have insisted... The man believed to have tipped off the U.S. about the hideout of Saddam's sons is likely to be paid all or most of the £20million reward, American officials said last night. thisislondon.com Nawaf Al Zaidan, 47, his wife, three daughters and two sons will also be given a new life in the U.S. They have been put in ' protective custody' in Iraq and are believed to be living at a U.S. base in the south of the country. Under the terms of the reward, promised for information leading to the capture or killing of Uday and Qusay Hussein, the U.S. will give the family new identities. Within the next few days, they will be flown to America. For the first year, they will probably live on a military base where they will be given English lessons and be schooled in American culture. They will be given financial counselling and advised on how best to invest their wealth. When they are ready, the family will be allowed to move to any part of the country they wish and will receive help to settle into their new home. All will be given 'permanent residence' status - green cards - and will be eligible to become American citizens in five years. They will be strongly advised never to contact any of their family or friends in Iraq ever again. There will always be the fear that Saddam loyalists will try to track them down and kill them. Mr Zaidan, who owns the house where Saddam's sons were killed, comes from a family notorious for claiming falsely to be 'cousins' of Saddam - not a blood relative, but a member of the same tribe. Mr Zaidan had said he was from the same tribe as Saddam, according to neighbours.